The article is quite amusing:Here are Mr. Baird’s answers to allegations his former caucus-mate was given special treatment:1. The transparency defence. “We would not be having this debate about documents if it were not for the government which made all these documents public,” Mr. Baird said. “It was the government which put all these documents before a parliamentary committee. That is transparency.”“This government brought in tough new laws on lobbying.”2. The bad lobbyist defence. “Mr. Jaffer got no grants, got no money as result of any of his meetings,” Mr. Baird said.3. The you-did-it-too defence. “Compare this to the previous Liberal government where millions of dollars went missing and the Liberal Party found itself in a position where they had to return some of the kickbacks that they’ve received to taxpayers,” Mr. Baird said.